CVE-2017-9079 Information

Description

Dropbear before 2017.75 might allow local users to read certain files as root if the file has the authorized_keys file format with a command= option. This occurs because ~/.ssh/authorized_keys is read with root privileges and symlinks are followed.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/dropbear/2017q2/001985.html http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3859 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191004-0006/

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.7